January 22- 26

Homework all week: Work on your "Aliens" project... Whenever possible, you may come use the laptops during recess, study hall, or after school. Just see me to discuss when you can come in for computer time.

This is a great website for all your cosmic questions:
http://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/qa_plan.html

Monday 1-22-07
Activity: Lab on elliptical orbits
Homework: SG 19-2
Websites:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/solar/

Tuesday 1-23-07
Activity: Earth as a peppercorn: Create a metric scale model of the distances of planets using spices. OR create a human scale model of the solar system (outside).
Homework: Weigh in on other planets, how old are you on other planets?
Webites:
http://www.space.com/php/popup/virtualspacetour/noad_astropedia.php

http://www.troybrophy.com/projects/solarsystem/

http://www.fourmilab.ch/solar/


Wednesday 1-24-07
Allow time to work on aliens project using virtual space tour:
http://www.space.com/php/popup/virtualspacetour/noad_astropedia.php
Movies in the afternoon ("Night at the Museum")

Thursday 1-25-07
Activity: Create a timeline (online) of space travel and technology.
Include 10 entries with a description of each event.
Use this site: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/index.html

Websites:
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112461/quiz.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112461/timeline.html

http://wingsovermars.arc.nasa.gov/

http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/ http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/technology/

http://www.history.com/exhibits/moonshots/timeline.html

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/timeline.html

http://www.space.com/news/spacehistory/greatest_space_events_1960s.html

Friday 1-26-07
Activity: national geographic online investigative activity, online scavenger hunt.
Homework: SG 19-3
Websites:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078741858/student_view0/unit4/chapter11/lesson4/lesson_review.html

http://quest.nasa.gov/vft/docs/Solar_Syst_Math_L3.doc

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/organizers/cometsasteroids.php.p=Astronomy+basics@,eds,astronomy-basics.php&a=,eds

http://www.kidskonnect.com/CometsMeteors/CometAsteroidMeteorHome.html

http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/impact/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/asteroids/